A return

I found myself in a desert. All around me off into the distance I saw endless horizon. There was nothing.

I yelled at the top of my lungs but nobody responded. After a while I stopped and sat down. The wind passed through my hair. The sky was clear and blue.

I lied down on the cracked dusty floor. I sprawled out with my arms on either side. I looked at the wisps of clouds.

I thought about many things. How I had gotten there. What direction I should walk. Whether I had to fear animals. Whether I was truly alone.

After some time of this, I rested my eyes. And then I napped a bit. When I woke, I stood back up.

I was no longer in a desert. I was in a forest.

All around me was commotion. But wherever I walked it was just more and more forest.

The activity was unceasing. I wanted silence. I thought I heard a tiger. I was scared.

I closed my eyes again and prayed that God would take me away from here.

When I opened my eyes I was back in the desert. I was relieved.